United States v. Rucker’s Empirical Analysis
138 F.3d 697 · 1998
Citation profile
5 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Illinois v. Gates · Brinegar v. United States · Ornelas v. United States · Beck v. State of Ohio · Adams v. Williams
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“facts and circumstances 'sufficient to warrant a prudent man in believing that the [suspect] had committed or was committing an offense.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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